Cell Vocabulary
The genetic instructions for living things is found here
What is DNA?
The smallest unit of structure and function of all living things
What is a cell?
A reaction to a stimulus by a living organism
What is a response?
The digestive system, for example
What is an organ system?
Animals get energy from this
What is food?
Surrounds every cell and controls what enters and leaves the cell.
What is a cell membrane?
The cell theory states that organisms consist of one or more of these
What is cells?
The characteristic of life that explains why you are no longer the same as when you were first born
What is grow and develop?
A life form, or living thing that has all the characteristics of life
What is an organism?
A cell without organelles, like bacteria
What is a prokaryotic cell?
The powerhouse of the cell
What is Mitochondria? (Mitochondrion)
The cell theory states that cells come from these
What is other cells or pre-existing cells?
The production of offspring
What is reproduction?
A heart, a stomach and a brain are all examples
What is an organ?
Use sunlight energy to make their own food,
What is a producer?
Any structure inside a eukaryotic cell that is enclosed by a membrane and does a special job inside the cell
What is an organelle?
Determines the shape of a cell
What is a cell's job or function?
The condition in which an organism maintains a stable internal environment
What is homeostasis?
Two or more types of tissues that work together to do a specific task
What is an organ?
Must eat other organisms for food.
What is a consumer?
The two types of cells
What are prokaryotic and eukaryotic?
The type of cells humans are made of
What are eukaryotic cells?
A tree, a human and a salmon are all multicellular examples of this
What is an organism?
A group of specialized cells of the same kind that perform the same function
What is a tissue?
Something in the environment that causes a reaction in an organism
What is a stimulus?
Four things every cell has
What is cytoplasm, cell membrane, ribosomes, and DNA?
Something a plant cell has, but an animal cell does not
What are chloroplasts and/or cell wall?
Sweating helps your body maintain this
What is homeostasis?
The correct levels of organization from smallest to largest in multicellular organisms
What is cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism?
Change over time, like dinosaurs to birds.
What is evolution?